Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 19,532 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Egypt stood at 19,532 ha.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 39,780 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 10,900 ha, in 1967.
Egypt ranks 10th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,770 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,487 ha | +23.1% |
| 1963 | 14,132 ha | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 14,431 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 13,137 ha | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 12,631 ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 10,900 ha | -13.7% |
| 1968 | 12,182 ha | +11.8% |
| 1969 | 12,182 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11,762 ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 11,762 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 11,762 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 13,863 ha | +17.9% |
| 1974 | 13,443 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 15,580 ha | +15.9% |
| 1976 | 14,773 ha | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 14,916 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 15,257 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 16,800 ha | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 18,920 ha | +12.6% |
| 1981 | 19,342 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 18,354 ha | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 18,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 16,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 17,640 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 18,900 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 17,640 ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 15,960 ha | -9.5% |
| 1989 | 17,220 ha | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 14,280 ha | -17.1% |
| 1991 | 15,543 ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 15,866 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 15,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 19,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1996 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 26,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1999 | 29,290 ha | +12.7% |
| 2000 | 29,470 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 28,360 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 26,492 ha | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 33,146 ha | +25.1% |
| 2004 | 26,929 ha | -18.8% |
| 2005 | 28,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 39,780 ha | +42.1% |
| 2007 | 30,000 ha | -24.6% |
| 2008 | 32,090 ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 27,169 ha | -15.3% |
| 2010 | 28,238 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 29,120 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 26,071 ha | -10.5% |
| 2013 | 22,122 ha | -15.1% |
| 2014 | 20,875 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 23,370 ha | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 21,885 ha | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 18,383 ha | -16.0% |
| 2018 | 16,486 ha | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 25,734 ha | +56.1% |
| 2020 | 20,750 ha | -19.4% |
| 2021 | 19,672 ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 25,109 ha | +27.6% |
| 2023 | 19,058 ha | -24.1% |
| 2024 | 19,532 ha | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,872 ha | 10,900 ha | 14,487 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,992 ha | 11,762 ha | 16,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,878 ha | 15,960 ha | 19,342 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,398 ha | 14,280 ha | 29,290 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,144 ha | 26,492 ha | 39,780 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,228 ha | 16,486 ha | 29,120 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,824 ha | 19,058 ha | 25,109 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 7 Indonesia 38,247 ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 33,499 ha compare
- 9 Uzbekistan 33,427 ha compare
- 11 Thailand 19,178 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 18,527 ha compare
- 13 Bangladesh 17,775 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Egypt?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Egypt was 19,532 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 39,780 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,900 ha in 1967.
- How does Egypt rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 10th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.